Bombardment is a continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other weapons. It can also mean being hit with many questions or demands at once.
It comes from “bombard,” an old word for a kind of cannon, which itself comes from French “bombarde.” The “-ment” ending turns the action of bombarding into a noun.
We now talk about a “bombardment of ads” or “bombarded with emails,” borrowing a war word for everyday overload. That shows how modern life can feel like a kind of psychological battlefield.
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